Admiral

took place. Yet another year later, England lost the Second Anglo-Dutch war. A humiliation for Charles, because the flagship, the Royal Charles, was captured by the Dutch. The brother of Charles II, James II, was held responsible, because he was the admiral. That’s why he was not that popular, so many things went wrong. Not only his action made him unpopular, his lifestyle too, because his lifestyle was excessive. It is no wonder that the people and the parliament were not that pleased with king…

quadruple-double. Unlike Jordan, Robinson never made more than $14.8 million in a season. One he retired, "The Admiral" did not waste his time or money. Since leaving the court, Robinson has been very successful overseeing a private-equity fund he started in 2007. Admiral Capital focuses on real estate and operates in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Based on the success of Admiral Capital, Robinson recently opened a second private-equity fund with the same Goldman Sachs partner who helped…

way to be unwound. Lev gets separated from Connor and Risa. Connor and Risa arrive at the Graveyard a safe haven for unwinds where they cannot be unwound. The graveyard is run by The admiral an ex admiral of the army. Roland is a troublemaker at the graveyard. Lev arrives at the graveyard toughened up. When the Admiral has a heart attack Connor, Risa, Roland, and Lev take him to the hospital knowing that they would be caught and unwound. At the hospital Roland exposes the unwinds and they are…

I was with General George Washington in May, 1871.He had just receieved the news that the French Admiral de Grasse would be bringing the long-awaited French fleet later in the year. General Washington had made plans to meet with French Lt. General Rochambeau to plan operations up to and after Admiral de Grasse arrived. The generals announced that we would be staying New York City where Lt. General Henry Clinton was. A little after he told me that he was a little worried about staying around…

was a match race against War Admiral in 1938, a younger, seemingly unbeatable horse. Just a year before, Seabiscuit and his team had suffered a heartbreaking loss in the Santa Anita Handicap, a huge race with a large cash prize. Tom Smith and Charles Howard knew that success requires risk and turned all the unfavorable conditions of the match into their triumph. Seabiscuit worked hard and fought back and won the most famous horse race of all time against War Admiral by a whole four lengths. He…

devastation if a cyber-terrorist was successful at interrupting these financial transactions. The second scenario is one that kept retired Navy Admiral Mike McConnell awake at night when he was the Director of National Intelligence. Behind closed door meetings in the Oval Office with President George W. Bush and later President Barack Obama, Admiral McConnell would refer back to this situation as the ultimate nightmare…

COMINT failures during the Battle of Jutland prevented them from destroying the German High Seas Fleet. The battle is re-imagined with a much better-trained and coordinated intelligence section. The British Admiralty’s intelligence failures prevented Admiral Sir John Jellicoe’s Grand Fleet from winning a decisive victory against Scheer’s High Seas Fleet. Because the Admiralty’s COMINT section did not maintain control over their information and failed to confirm key intelligence reports, Jellicoe…

Laura Hillenbrand's book an awkward, and stubborn horse named Seabiscuit becomes an unlikely hero as he is trained by an even more unlikely team of men and they rise to horse racing stardom. In the story, Seabiscuit races against a horse named War Admiral, who is favored to win by a long shot. Hillenbrand makes the reader feel as if there are actually at the race with her use of diction, imagery, and suspense. Hillenbrand’s perfect choice of words enhance the overall experience of reading…

The Flawed Expectations of Marriage Jane Austen’s Persuasion deftly explores the complexities of marriage through it's characters. The novel displays the marital values of its time through the character opinions and desires for what society deemed as an idyllic marriage. Persuasion illustrates the implications of marriages that follow the expectations of gender roles and the expectation of social and financial advantage. Persuasion leaves no doubt regarding the standard roles of men and women…

Before the Battle After the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942, the Japanese still sought to capture portions of the Pacific Ocean and land within those portions, including the Midway Island. The mastermind behind these plans, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, was mainly hoping to secure the Samoa Islands, Fiji and Australia to expand territory, with the capturing of the Midway Island only being a problem due to its proximity to the United States. The plan for the Island contained a ruse that…